docs: def query(self, query, additional_locals=None, safe_mode=False):
          """Executes the given SQLAlchemy query string.
  
          Args:
              query: The SQLAlchemy ORM query (or Python code) to be executed.
              additional_locals: Any additional local variables to inject into the execution context
                  when executing the query.
              safe_mode: Boolean value indicating whether or not to execute queries in safe mode
                  only. If True, this only allows MLAlchemy-style queries. If False, this allows
                  both exec() and MLAlchemy-style queries. Default: False.
  
          Returns:
              The result of executing the query.
          """
          logger.debug("Attempting to execute database query: %s", query)
  
          if safe_mode and not isinstance(query, dict):
              raise SafetyViolationError(
                  context=self.error_context
              )
  
          if isinstance(query, dict):
              logger.debug("Executing query in safe mode (MLAlchemy)")
              return mlalchemy.parse_query(query).to_sqlalchemy(self.session, self.tables).all()
          else:
              logger.debug("Executing unsafe query (Python exec())")
              if additional_locals is not None:
                  for k, v in iteritems(additional_locals):
                      locals()[k] = v
  
              exec(
                  compile(
                      'result = %s' % query.strip(),
                      '<string>',
                      'exec'
                  ),
                  globals(),
                  locals()
              )
              return locals()['result']